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ELBJAZZ 2017

by Ian Patterson
June 15, 2017

ELBJAZZ 2017 Blohm and Voss/various venues Hamburg, Germany June 2-3, 2017 Although Gregory Porter was the marquee name at the sixth edition of Elbjazz, with a strong supporting cast including Joshua Redman, Jan Garbarek, Hildegard Lernt Fliegen and Youn Sun Nah, the real star of the show was the spectacular festival ...

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Skip Norris Memorial Concert at Paul Robeson Performing Arts Theater

by C. Andrew Hovan
June 14, 2017

Skip Norris Memorial Concert Paul Robeson Performing Arts Theater Detroit, Michigan June 9, 2017 The old saying goes that we all die twice; once when we take our last breath and then a second time when our name isn't spoken anymore. It is highly unlikely that the name of Wesley “Skip" ...

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Mike Westbrook at Bury St. Edmunds Festival

by Duncan Heining
June 14, 2017

Mike Westbrook and Kate Westbrook Bury St. Edmunds Festival The Church of St. John the Evangelist May 19, 2017 Of all his many achievements, Mike Westbrook's The Westbrook Blake is one of his finest. Few works in jazz have combined music and text, voices and instrumentation, to such profound effect. The ...

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Little Feat at the Paramount

by Mike Perciaccante
June 10, 2017

Little Feat The Paramount Huntington, NY May 27, 2017 Little Feat was formed in Los Angeles in 1969 by guitarist and lead vocalist Lowell George and keyboardist Bill Payne. In addition to George and Payne, the classic line-up featured drummer Richie Hayward, guitarist Paul Barrere, bassist Kenny Gradney (who replaced ...

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Beth Hart at the Historic Wuppertal Statehouse

by Phillip Woolever
June 9, 2017

Beth Hart Band Historic Statehouse Wuppertal, Germany May 24, 2017 It is interesting how sometimes, when performed properly, the most tragic, heartbroken blues can be thoroughly inspiring. Beth Hart verified the truth in that improbable contradiction many times during a superb show. Hart is known for soaring ...

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PRISM Quartet with Joe Lovano at the Painted Bride

by Victor L. Schermer
June 7, 2017

PRISM Quartet with Joe Lovano Painted Bride Art Center Heritage/Evolution Philadelphia, PA June 3, 2017 An optical prism breaks down white light into the distinct colors of the spectrum. For the PRISM Quartet, this analogy applies in two ways 1) the expression of the music in the four registers of ...

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Carla Bley Trio all'Auditorium Arvedi di Cremona

by Vincenzo Roggero
June 6, 2017

Carla Bley Trio Cremona Jazz 2017 Auditorium Giovanni Arvedi 27.05.2017 Conclusione di gran classe per la terza edizione di Cremona Jazz. Avvolta dalle sinuose forme lignee dell'Auditorium e supportata dalla strepitosa acustica, Carla Bley e il suo trio hanno dato vita ad un'esibizione di grande intensità emotiva, nella quale il carisma ...

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Jeff Lorber Fusion at Nighttown

by C. Andrew Hovan
June 5, 2017

Jeff Lorber Fusion Nighttown Cleveland, Ohio May 26, 2017 One of the pioneers of the fusion movement of the early '80s that ultimately morphed into the smooth jazz craze, keyboard man Jeff Lorber made his initial mark with the five albums he cut between 1977 and 1981. Leading an ensemble ...

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Like A Jazz Machine 2017

by Ian Patterson
June 4, 2017

Like A Jazz Machine Centre Culturel Regionel Opderschmelz Dudelange, Luxembourg May 25-28, 2017 Size, as Like A Jazz Machine knows, isn't everything. The audience in the Centre Culturel Regionel Opderschmelz amounts to just four seated rows downstairs, with a small standing section to the rear, and ten rows ...

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William Parker, Hamid Drake e Pasquale Mirra, alla stazione Leopolda di Firenze

by Neri Pollastri
June 1, 2017

William Parker e Hamid Drake Duo, ospite Pasquale Mirra Fabbrica Europa Stazione Leopolda Firenze 14.05.2017 All'interno di un'edizione di Fabbrica Europa nella quale John Coltrane, nel cinquantenario della scomparsa, era centrale non solo per la musica (il programma si era aperto con un balletto costruito su A Love Supreme), anche ...